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Viacom vs. YouTube battle heats up on official blogs
Here are the key points each side has made so far, condensed for your convenience:
YouTube says ...
Viacom not only uploaded its own content to YouTube, but it hired 18 different marketing agencies to take on the task. Once the content was up, Viacom seemingly couldn't tell the difference between independent infringers and the people it hired. In many cases, Viacom even called YouTube and asked to have infringing content reinstated. There are also some juicy accusations that Viacom employees uploaded videos from Kinko's, so they'd be harder to trace.
YouTube also says that the current lawsuit is sour grapes on Viacom's part, after it tried and failed to buy YouTube years ago.
Viacom says ...
"YouTube was intentionally built on infringement and there are countless internal YouTube communications demonstrating that YouTube's founders and its employees intended to profit from that infringement."
According to Viacom, YouTube intentionally "steals" videos, because copyrighted content brings in tons of traffic and profit. Viacom accuses Google of holding its videos for ransom to coerce Viacom into licensing the videos to YouTube on the cheap.
The key point of Viacom's case is that YouTube was aware of "rampant" infringement, and had the means to stop it, but chose not to.
Who's right? That's for the courts to decide, but you can still debate it in the comments. Whose side are you on, Download Squad readers?
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Subscribe to commentsPatrickMar 21st 2010 1:30PM
"Who's right? That's for the courts to decide, but you can still debate it in the comments."
When I see invitations to debate in comments within an article's contents, I have to wonder if the blog authors here (and elsewhere) get paid more when there a large quantity of comment posts.
As for this article's content, this exchange strikes me as completely normal and predictable. A non-story, really. Who wouldn't expect a lot of gripy and whiny little "us vs. them" releases of info when a lawsuit is underway?
EvenioMar 21st 2010 11:14AM
I think it's more that they hope a genuinely interesting debate will come out of it.
Jay HathawayMar 21st 2010 1:39PM
Evenio is right. I just wanted to get a sense of which story people believe, here, before the thing actually goes to court. Comments don't affect our pay at all here at DLS. We just appreciate your comments because they make the blog more interesting to read.
I'm certainly no know-it-all, so commenters have set me straight about softwares several times, and I'm always grateful for the learning opportunity. I just want to thank you for being a part of DLS, even though it doesn't put any money in my pocket.
VashMar 21st 2010 3:41PM
I'd trust google over viacom anyday, and Viacom didn't even respond to Youtube's accusations.
jaked122Mar 21st 2010 5:33PM
this is a completely bogus and rediculous lawsuit, the internet is so full of shit from companies that violate their own licenses that the internet might as well never try to enforce liability at all. The holder to the rights of the material submitted could very well have done it themselves in some deranged and (obviosly) failed attempt to promote themselves or just in an attempt to force the company to pay them for what they themselves did.
BinkiousMar 21st 2010 6:18PM
In situations like this, nobody wins
Both companies will slander each other and in the end, we will suffer somehow
As always
BrianMar 22nd 2010 8:46AM
The lawyers do....
Boomshadow...Mike BoomshadowMar 22nd 2010 8:10AM
Screw Viacom.
arupa_bdMar 22nd 2010 10:14AM
I like Buddhist Meditation in youtube